where: UA EMERY BAY STADIUM 10 in Emeryville, CA
when: Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
show: 9:30 p.m.
costs: $5.00 Ticket ( Tuesday All-Day Special Price ) + $1.00 small Popcorn w/ Butter ( Tuesday Dollar Popcorn Day with a Movie Watcher Rewards Card ) + $4.75 small Diet Coke + $5.00 Carquinez Bridge Toll = $15.75
auditorium: 6
seat: 6th row, 9th seat
synopsis: When Marni ( Kristen Bell ) heads back home for her older brother's upcoming wedding, she finds out soon enough that Will ( Jimmy Wolk ) is marrying the very same girl who tormented her back in high school, Joanna ( Odette Yustman ). And to make matters worse, Joanna's Aunt Ramona ( Sigourney Weaver ) and Marni's mom, Gail ( Jamie Lee Curtis ), had a bad falling-out back in high school, too! Will old grudges resurface and ruin the wedding day for everyone ...?
noteworthy scenes: 1.) "We are the champions"; 2.) Mascot; 3.) Tree house; 4.) PR pep talk; 5.) Airplane; 6.) Coco Puff; 7.) Brand new sister; 8.) Dinner talk; 9.) "Nobody goes to high school unscathed"; 10.) Aunt Ramona; 11.) The Sullenger Group; 12.) High school cheer; 13.) Little breakdown; 14.) No recollection; 15.) Tree house buddies; 16.) Photo album; 17.) "Our tree house"; 18.) Jogging each other's memory; 19.) Grandma Bunny; 20.) True colors; 21.) Ex-boyfriend; 22.) Dance studio; 23.) "She remembers me"; 24.) "Just stretching my hamstrings"; 25.) Bathroom; 26.) Abdominal cramp; 27.) Lard; 28.) "Looks like nothing has changed since high school"; 29.) At the stoplight; 30.) Sea of Love; 31.) Old high school clique; 32.) Necklace; 33.) "Have you taken a look in the mirror lately"; 34.) "Your arch nemesis"; 35.) Time capsule; 36.) "Quick, call US Weekly"; 37.) Surprise guest; 38.) "I made a big mistake"; 39.) Toast; 40.) The video tape; 41.) "I wanted a real apology"; 42.) "You lied to me"; 43.) Swimming pool; 44.) Grounded; 45.) Refrigerator; 46.) "I was trying to protect you"; 47.) The accident; 48.) Hospital; 49.) Surprise wedding; 50.) You again; and 51.) Bonus scenes during the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: There were just about six of us in the audience. But I could hear laughter coming from the other people in the auditorium.
recommendation: I liked this movie, too. Although I would have reservations about recommending this Rom/Com to those who are still nursing a high school grudge.
spoiler alert! Marni's "four-eyed", "chrome-grilled" mouth and pimply-faced, geeky-look ruined all my sexual fantasies of Kristen Bell. Yuck!
Why didn't Marni cry at all when the other girls were bullying her at school? Normally, any girl would have! I don't know basketball, but shouldn't that have counted as a "foul" ...? Why did the dog bark at its owner? When Gail kicked the "S" trap off from under the lavatory sink ( first, it cannot come off just by being kicked since it's screwed into place ), water came shooting out from the drain pipe when it should have shot out from the supply hose which was clearly disconnected from the stop valve. At the stoplight, Marni didn't notice the other car even though its engine was being revved loudly and even though her mom, Gail, appeared distracted by the other driver. Why did the dog not follow her into the kitchen and binge-eat with them? The nuts and bolts of the 12-year old ( my estimate ) tree house look "brand-spankin' new" to me!
fyi: My eldest sister, the one who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with her husband and daughter, has a Jack Russell dog named, Gromit. I first met Gromit in October, 2005 when I first visited with my sister. I was there for about a week. The next time that I met Gromit was in the 10-day period between July and August of the next year, 2006. They had a female Jack Russell puppy named, Lady, with them that time around. Gromit remembered me. The next time that I went to Grand Rapids was early in June of this year, 2010. And although Lady didn't remember who I was and was barking-up quite a racket, Gromit still remembered me even though he hadn't had my scent in four long years! Dogs--and cats, for that matter--have a very highly-developed olfactory sense that they depend on for long-term memory recall --think of it as the canine/feline version of our photographic memory.
I had an Australian/American classmate in high school, D. Pooley ( a Dr. Dean Edell look-alike ). Each day, we would greet each other by asking, "Are you still cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?" And we would answer each other with, "Yes, I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Munchy, crunchy, chocolaty Cocoa Puffs. Yahoo!"
The total world population now stands at around 6.87 billion. It is estimated that by the middle of next year the world population will have passed the 7.00 billion mark.
Betty White posed nude for a novelty deck of cards--No! not recently, you idiot. She did so back when she was young, hot and sexy. Why do you think her character's name in this movie is "Grandma Bunny"? Because she was hot enough to have been a Playboy Bunny had Playboy Magazine already been around at that time when she took-off her clothes for the camera. Of course, if confronted with the facts, she'll more than likely deny everything ... if only because of Alzheimer's Disease.
word of advice: "Living well is the best revenge." George Herbert, 1593-1633
newsflash: Eight days ago, my blog post for DEVIL was posted on USA TODAY's website: US TRENDS TODAY--HOT TRENDS AND NEWS IN USA TODAY! They listed it at the bottom, at number ten. A few days later, they posted it at number five--at the same time that their site's footnote listed my blog site as the most recently searched term. Two days ago, they posted my blog at number two. They also posted my earlier blog for THE LAST EXORCISM. Who knows, maybe someday ( soon, I hope ) Hollywood will come knocking at my door--finally!
tidbits: It was a hot day today, with the temperature expected to go into the high 90s. So, I deliberated whether to stay in Vallejo and go see WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS or go to Oakland and catch a showing of YOU AGAIN on my way home. After I dropped-off a payment at the post office, I made the decision to have fate decide what I would do for the rest of the day. I went to the 99 Cent Only Store on Springs Road and checked to see if they had any loaf pans for sale. If they did, I would have to go to Oakland to show my friend's wife what a real meatloaf is all about; if they didn't, I would have to stay in Vallejo. They had loaf pans. So, I bought a couple and off to Oakland I went.
When I arrived in Oakland, I was soon greeted by the stray cat--without the flea collar that I bought for it a week ago! You can tell that my friend lives in a bad neighborhood because even a cat wearing a fancy flea collar gets mugged. Ha, ha, ha.
We watched BILLY, THE EXTERMINATOR and UNDERCOVER BOSS on TV as I made my meatloaves. They liked my meatloaf.
Soon, my friend's daughter, Ana, came over to borrow her dad's book on juicing so she can start juicing for health and cancer prevention ( it runs on both sides of her family ). She parked her car in the driveway behind my cute Geo Metro. I had planned on leaving at around 7:00 p.m. so that I could catch the 7:30 p.m. show. But because she came over, I forced myself to stay until 9:00 p.m. And against better judgment--since I have to be at work the following day at 8:00 a.m.--I decided to watch the 9:30 p.m. show. Consequently, all that coffee and soda that I drank all day made me sleep for no more than two-and-a-half-hours! ( And, at work, a customer remarked that I was like a robot. [ Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.] )
On my way out of the theatre, an employee was making his way out to the dumpster to throw away a bunch of empty boxes. Instead of walking backwards to use his back to open the door with, he decided to push the door with his right foot, instead. His boxes fell all over the floor. 'Must have been a new hire!
When I exited the freeway at Redwood here in Vallejo, I saw a Vallejo Taxicab in my rear-view mirror make a "U"-turn at the on-ramp to get back on Redwood. And I thought only cops had the privilege of driving the wrong way!
attention: I'm sorry that I kind of "jumped the gun" so to speak, in announcing that the weblog awards is coming soon. Actually, nominations will begin on January 1st ( ? ) of next year for the 2010 entries. I will be sure to remind you come December to pick through all of my 2010 blog posts for any one in particular that you deem worthy of submission/consideration/inclusion in the nomination process. Thank you very much. ( It's obvious that I impatiently cannot contain my excitement! )
